US never targetted Daesh terrorists in Syria: Analyst
The reason that the United States has failed to “wipe out” Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria is that its warplanes have never targeted the Takfiri group, an American political commentator says.
“Why haven’t they wiped out by America,” asked Stephen Lendman, author and radio host in Chicago, “because America hasn’t targeted them so far.”
“That’s part of the dirty campaign that nobody in the Western media wants to explain,” he added.
Lendman made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Wednesday, shortly after Russia conducted its first airstrikes against ISIL targets near the city of Homs.
“The Russian campaign against ISIS has begun and what concerns Washington is they want to protect ISIS on the ground, Russia wants them eliminated,” the analyst observed, using an alternative acronym for the terrorist group, which is operating in Syria and Iraq.
“For the first time in many years, America is on the back foot, a very uncomfortable feeling for the people in Washington,” Lendman noted.
“Russia has taken the initiative. We have to wait and see what this leads to.”
But, Lendman added that the Russian air campaign against ISIL would succeed. “ISIS forces are very easily spotted, and they could be very literally be wiped out.”
Russia started the air campaign after the upper house of its parliament gave President Vladimir Putin approval to use the air force in Syria.
According to US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to Fox News, Russian diplomats asked the United States to halt its military attacks in Syria because Russian fighter jets were now flying over the territory.
The US, however, refused to comply with Moscow’s demand, saying, “There is nothing to indicate that we are changing operations over Syria.”
Syrian forces have been battling ISIL terrorists on different fronts throughout the Arab country since early 2011.
ISIL terrorists, who were reportedly trained by the CIA in Jordan in 2012 to destabilize the Syrian government, now control parts of Syria and Iraq. They have been engaged in crimes against humanity in the areas under their control.
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